Crusaders
Seaview
Relegation play-off · 2025/26 · final
7th
2026/27
5-0-7
W-D-L
15
Points
11th
2025/26 final
€1.24m
Squad value
Club info
Declan Caddell
Manager
1898
Founded
Seaview, Belfast
Ground
3,208
Capacity
341 mi
Season travel
Longest away trip: 50 mi to Limavady United
2026/27 so far · after round 12
−7
Goal diff
16
Scored
23
Conceded
1
Clean sheets
92% of their matches went over 2.5 goals (league 54%), and both sides scored in 67% (league 49%).
On a run
3defeats in a row3games without a win
Expected goals · 12 matches · per 90
−0.51
xG diff
+0.37
Goals minus xG
Scoring 0.37 a game more than their chances have been worth. That is 16 goals in 12 matches. Via FootyStats, 22 Oct 2026.
On the scoresheet
Their players in the league's leading scorers — via Transfermarkt, 16 Oct 2026. Not yet updated for the latest round.
Shooting · per match
38%
Shot accuracy
Shots are recorded by hand from each match. All 12 of their matches are in.
Against the league · 2026/27
Points per game8th
1.25
League avg 1.44
Goals per game=6th
1.33
League avg 1.36
Conceded per game11th
1.92
League avg 1.35
xG per game11th
0.96
League avg 1.31
xG against per game9th
1.47
League avg 1.29
Possession12th
44.3%
League avg 50.0%
Shots per game11th
6.4
League avg 8.9
On target per game12th
2.4
League avg 4.0
Per game, ranked among the 12 clubs. xG from FootyStats; possession and shots from recorded match stats. No rank means too few games to compare yet.
League map · xG made v xG allowed, per game
League position by roundNow 7th
Best 4th, lowest 8th · worked out from the results, after each round.
Title <0.1%Top six 6.5%
Crusaders's finishing places across 10,000 simulated seasons. A model projection, not a prediction.
Treatment table · 2 Oct 2026
No injuries listed for Crusaders on Transfermarkt, 2 Oct 2026.
Not yet updated for the latest round — a guide, not a team-news bulletin.
Summer window 2026
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Fixtures · 2026/27
Every Premiership game is live on NIFL TV, or on BBC Sport NI where marked.
Premiership · last 2 results and what comes next
Official fixture list, July 2026 — subject to change for broadcast picks and European involvement. Post-split rounds 34–38: Sat 3 Apr, Sat 10 Apr, Tue 13 Apr, Sat 17 Apr, Sat 24 Apr (opponents decided by the split).
Honours · league titles
7league titles
3 since 2014/15
2025/26 · the completed set
Below are last season's finished numbers for this club — possession, the GIBSON Index and the skill radars, compiled once that campaign was over. 2026/27 is above, 12 games in.
Season · 2025/26 · final
1.25
xG for
1.89
xG against
−0.64
xG diff
48
Goals
47%
Possession
3.39
Goals/game
16%
Clean sheets
Discipline · 2025/26 · final
No booking data recorded for 2025/26.
GIBSON Index · 2025/26 · final
Goals vs expected · 2025/26 · final
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